Publication Type

Book Review

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

3-2023

Abstract

Vallier offers a defence of liberalism that is publicly justified as an answer to political polarization. This critique argues that the philosophical solution he offers - a version of liberalism more likely to be endorsed by moderately idealized agents - may not succeed because the source of polarization lies elsewhere: in resentments arising out of changed social conditions and the alienation of parts of society unhappy with the very liberal narrative in question.

Keywords

Liberalism, justification, polarization, legitimacy, myth, community

Discipline

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Research Areas

Humanities

Publication

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

First Page

1

Last Page

7

ISSN

1369-8230

Identifier

10.1080/13698230.2023.2183600

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2023.2183600

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